For the first time, miniproteins are succesfully used in mice for the treatment of autoinflammatory diseases, outperforming antibodies.
Immune system
Bacteria alter the tails of bacteriophages to protect their peers from a spreading epidemic.
Proteobacteria consume arginine which enable regulatory T cells to suppress other immune cells from attacking growing tumor cells in the omentum.
Bacteria possess antiviral systems that can cooperate to improve the defense against phage infection.
A new mechanism for adaptive immunity in bacteria provides insight into the evolution of multicellular life.
How two commensal bacteria team up to reduce colitis.
Stromal cells in the gut stimulated by gut microbiota produce complement that helps restrict pathogens while sparing commensals.
Stress can induce or be modulated by viruses found in the gut microbiomes of mice.
Vitamin A protects us against Salmonella by aiding our immune system
Ebola virus causes infection by using thin tubes called tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) to move its genetic material from one cell to another and avoid being killed by drugs.
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